Health

UIG via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Friday marks five years since the COVID-19 virus was declared a public health emergency by the United States. But five years later, the virus is still killing thousands, according to experts. “One of the things we have learned is that COVID came to us new, and now is integrated […]

Henry Callander says his forehead blew up like “a giant bee sting” after a Botox treatment. Via ABC News. (NEW YORK) — JGL Aesthetics’ Instagram profile promised its clients radiant skin, friendly service and a machine they said could give people toned abs. However, some clients allege that the New York medical spa’s owner injected […]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain. The drug, called Journavx (suzetrigine) and manufactured by biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is a non-opioid painkiller, which doesn’t have addictive properties, unlike opioids […]

Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the White House budget office released a memo this week that instructed all federal agencies to cease spending on any financial assistance programs pending internal review, the fate of the nation’s largest public health insurance program was propelled into question. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that […]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials. As of Jan. 24, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, according to the Kanas Department of Health and […]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart Association (AHA) report, published Monday in the journal Circulation, found that 941,652 Americans died from cardiovascular disease in 2022, the most recent year for which data is available. That’s an increase of […]

Beauty influencer Ashley Stobart discusses how she got a facelift after removing fillers from her face/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Celebrities are increasingly opening up about reversing cosmetic procedures and swearing off dermal fillers, but some have discovered it can come with unexpected consequences. “Friends” actress Courteney Cox spoke about removing her fillers on the […]

Purdue Pharma headquarters; Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The company and once-prominent family behind the drug OxyContin agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to resolve mass opioid litigation. The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma boosted their settlement contribution to $7.4 billion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a prior settlement in June […]

Evgenia Matveeva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an mRNA-based bird flu vaccine, alongside other influenza vaccines, health officials announced Friday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a press release that the funding will […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — A child in San Francisco was recently confirmed to be the third human case of bird flu in the United States in which it’s unclear how the person got infected. Cases have been spreading across the country since April 2024 with 67 confirmed as of Thursday, according to the Centers […]